Convert Multi-file to single file without deleting documents within

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Hi, 
 Is it possible to convert a multi-file document into single files without deleting the documents itself within the multi-file document? I was able to convert a MFD to single file when I deleted one of the documents. Is there any other ways? Thank you.

Joonas Linkola · Answer

A single-file document can only contain a single file in it like the name suggests, so if you convert a multi-file document into a single-file document there can be only one file. What is it that you are actually looking to achieve? That the files in the multi-file document would be stored in the vault as several single-file documents, each with their own document ID and set of metadata? 
 If that's your goal, I don't believe there is any built-in functionality to do this but it should be doable as a custom extension. Depending on your exact use case you could for instance use a workflow for this so that a script would split the multi-file document in a certain workflow state or add a custom command to the desktop client UI if your users should be able to do this on an ad hoc basis.

Convert Multi-file to single file without deleting documents within

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